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Sabinlerose:
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=Notebooks_English&product=2516247
This is the labtop I have had my eye on.

It's got a number pad which is a must for me.
I'm a bit sketchy on the triple core processor. I read in a few place that on a laptop a triple core is going to essentially going to be pushing out less processing power unless you're using high end programs all at once.
4gigs of DDR3 seems adequate.
The harddrive size is probably what I care the least about. I wouldn't be using it for storing anything other then information and files I'm going to be working with. No anime or excessive amounts of music, and such.

Think it would be a good buy for a student using it mostly for school and travel?

Sosseres:
What are you using it for at school?

Sabinlerose:
Information storage...aka....lo ts of documents open at once.
Skype Chats with other students.
Lots of spreadsheets.
It's a pharmacy course. So lots of information and data.

I would probably be storing a few episode of anime at a time. Something to watch on the bus ride home.

Freedom Kira:

--- Quote from: Sabinlerose on March 04, 2011, 07:16:23 PM ---I'm a bit sketchy on the triple core processor. I read in a few place that on a laptop a triple core is going to essentially going to be pushing out less processing power unless you're using high end programs all at once.
4gigs of DDR3 seems adequate.
The harddrive size is probably what I care the least about. I wouldn't be using it for storing anything other then information and files I'm going to be working with. No anime or excessive amounts of music, and such.

Think it would be a good buy for a student using it mostly for school and travel?

--- End quote ---

Uh, yeah. That's pretty simple (and somewhat obvious). All that's saying is that you'll be using less power unless you're using more power. Seriously.
You may want to go for a dual core instead though, as you don't need tri-core power for what you intend to do. A dual core would use less power, especially if you go for one of Intel's latest processor models.

4GB is probably more than you'll need. No problem.

If HDD space doesn't matter to you, 500GB is quite a bit.

In any case, since your main concern seems to be movement, make sure 15.6" suits your portability needs. You can always get a smaller laptop. Even a netbook would be fine if you don't intend to watch HD (720p+) content on the run, and if you don't mind the occasional lag time.

And for the record, it's laptop, not labtop. If in doubt, use "notebook."

Duki3003:
Even a netbook should satisfy your need, although most netbooks sacrifice the numpad so they are out of the question for you.

But I agree with Freedom Kira, a 15.6" dual core with 4GB RAM should be more than enough to satisfy your needs and still be able to run even 720p videos.
Although for data storage primarily even a single core is more than enough...

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